Uber is one stupid company. All this while they work so hard to treat their drivers as independent contractors. Not as employees. Then they take away the one very important component of running your own business ie. set prices for services or products a business owner sells. Fixed price set...

so the other day a lyft ping comes in and the next second, without my even touching my phone, it announces "navigating to pick up joe" and google maps pops up. i go back to lyft app and indeed, i had "accepted" a line ride at base rates while meanwhile uber is sending me surge requests left and...

I hate to complain, but wonder if anyone else notices this:
Lyft employees get free commute rides (a perk of working g there) and DONT TIP!
When I worked in a bar I would sometimes go in on my day off. Yup, ide get a free drink or two. And YES I would tip VERY WELL. I thought this was common...

Uber has lost its Employment Appeals Tribunal appeal in the United Kingdom concerning the legal classification of drivers.
The appeal decision confirms the earlier decision that drivers are ‘workers’ rather than independent contractors.
Uber has foreshadowed a further appeal.
Here’s a link to...

Uber loses another round in the contractor vs. Employee battle.
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New York ALJ Takes Uber for a Ride
Lexicology June 29 2017
Why it matters
In a decision with potentially significant implications, a New York administrative law judge (ALJ) held that Uber drivers are employees of...

http://www.humanresourcesonline.net/working-for-uber-is-jeopardising-peoples-careers/
More bad news for Uber. In Hong Kong, where the company recently opened up a new Causeway Bay office, driving an Uber can now officially get you in trouble with the law. On Friday, five local Uber drivers...

https://www.axios.com/the-head-of-ubers-ai-labs-is-latest-to-leave-the-company-2306759764.html
Gary Marcus, a research scientist who joined Uber four months ago as director of its AI labs, is leaving the company, according to sources. Uber bought Marcus' startup, Geometric Intelligence, in...

https://www.ft.com/content/c6bc4b2c-0012-11e7-8d8e-a5e3738f9ae4
Uber employees lose faith and explore exit
Competitors and recruiters find more job applications from car-hailing app workers.
Recruiters in the Bay Area and executives at rival companies say they have seen an uptick in job...

Uber is terrified that drivers, now independent contractors, may be reclassified as employees, Uber has fought many legal battles since 2014, across the country, to prevent this from happening:
http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/16/pf/independent-contractors-employees/...

If you are of the opinion that Uber treats its independent-contractor-drivers poorly then consider what is done to their employees. I wonder if the Greenlight Hubs are any better.
Cocaine and groping — bombshell report on Uber's work environment makes it sound awful and full of bros...

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15T2OC
A Brazilian judge ruled that a driver using the Uber ride-hailing app is an employee of the San Francisco-based company and is entitled to workers' benefits, adding to the global debate over labor rights for drivers on the platform.
Uber said on...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Uber drivers are employees for which the company must pay social security contributions, a Swiss insurance agency has ruled, dealing a blow to the U.S. ride-hailing platform that says drivers are freelance contractors.
The California-based startup whose cab service has...

http://jalopnik.com/uber-taking-millions-in-tax-deductions-by-lying-to-empl-1790335249
Uber Taking 'Millions' In Tax Deductions By Lying To Employees, Lawsuit
With an NSO, employees have to pay the tax on the stock options immediately, McElrath’s attorney said, and at a significantly higher...

https://www.revealnews.org/article/uber-said-it-protects-you-from-spying-security-sources-say-otherwise/
Five former Uber security professionals told Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting that the company continued to allow broad access even after those assurances.
Thousands of...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/04/uber-facing-hundreds-more-claims-from-drivers-for-back-pay
How long before the uberwool is lifted from the eyes in other countries?
With $billions in losses and business model in question, can Uber survive 5 years?